# The City of Tshwane’s Human Settlements Department has issued an urgent warning to residents of Mamelodi extension 6 and surrounding areas regarding a fraudulent housing investigation scam. Con artists are posing as official representatives from the city and circulating a fraudulent document titled the Housing Beneficiary Investigation Questionnaire. Department spokesperson Doreen Mokgolo confirmed the […]
# The Department of Home Affairs has withdrawn a directive on asylum seeker applications issued on 28 September following a Constitutional Court ruling. The department says the directive was an operational measure to implement the court order and was issued without the knowledge of minister Leon Schreiber or other political office-bearers. It denies claims the […]
# Deputy minister of Water and Sanitation Jack Bloom has backed criminal charges against the City of Ekurhuleni and the Ekurhuleni Water Care Company in Gauteng over ongoing sewage pollution. The charges relate to the Hartebeestfontein wastewater treatment works and failure to comply with a directive issued under the National Water Act. Bloom says between […]
# Forum for South Africa is calling for a national referendum on immigration, border management, asylum processes and the country’s constitutional framework. Forum leader Tebogo Mashilompane says people who enter South Africa legally, obey the law and contribute to society must be treated with dignity and respect. But he says public frustration is growing over […]
# The ANC Youth League is calling for tighter immigration enforcement following a surge in foreign nationals at Home Affairs offices and refugee reception centres. This follows a Constitutional Court judgment on the processing of asylum applications. League spokesperson Sindiswa Scheepers says the ruling must not be treated as a blanket amnesty for people living […]
# Tshwane District police have arrested 334 suspects during a multidisciplinary crime prevention operation in Bronkhorstspruit and Ekangala. Spokesperson Johan van Dyk says the suspects face various charges, including murder, attempted murder, armed robbery and rape. Compliance inspections targeting immigration and business-related offences were also conducted. Van Dyk says 19 undocumented foreign nationals were detained […]
# Cape Town has launched South Africa’s first metro-built hybrid power station in Atlantis, which is expected to save residents at least 400-million-rand over 20 years. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the Helderhoop solar and storage power plant will generate electricity at a lower cost than Eskom. He says the project forms part of the city’s […]
# The National Consumer Commission has announced vehicle recalls affecting Audi Q3s, Hyundai Santa Fe hybrids and Toyota Hino 700 trucks over potential safety defects. Audi is recalling 235 Q3 vehicles sold from April after discovering front seat belt webbing may not be correctly connected to the load-bearing structure. Commission spokesperson Phetho Ntaba says Hyundai […]
# The Afrika Mayibuye Movement has accused government of failing to curb drug syndicates. This follows the discovery of multi-million-rand drug manufacturing laboratories in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West. The movement’s spokesperson, Sydney Baloyi, says testimony before the Madlanga Commission has raised allegations of drug syndicates infiltrating politics and the police. He says a […]
